Plant Diversity ›› 1992, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (01): 1-3.

• Articles •    

A NEW ANTITUMOR GLYCOCYCLOHEXAPEPTIDE AND ARBORANE TYPE NEW TRITERPENOIDS FROM RUBIA YUNNANENSIS

ZOU Cheng HAO Xiao-Jiang CHEN Chang-Xiang ZHOU Jun   

  1. Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica
  • Online:1992-02-25 Published:1992-02-25

Abstract: The roots of Rubia yunnanensis Diels,known as"Xiao Hong Sheng",are used as antitumor drug in Yunnan.From methanol extract of the plant,a new glycocyclohexpeptide and a cyclohexapeptide (deoxybouvadiv)with high antitumor activity,together with ten arborane type triterpenoids including seven new ones,were isolated and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical methods.

Key words: Antitumor